In C#:
// Define the input values.
string[] input =
{
"2013-11-03 00:45:00",
"2013-11-03 01:00:00",
"2013-11-03 01:15:00",
"2013-11-03 01:30:00",
"2013-11-03 01:45:00",
"2013-11-03 01:00:00",
"2013-11-03 01:15:00",
"2013-11-03 01:30:00",
"2013-11-03 01:45:00",
"2013-11-03 02:00:00",
};
// Get the time zone the input is meant to be interpreted in.
TimeZoneInfo tz = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Eastern Standard Time");
// Create an array for the output values
DateTimeOffset[] output = new DateTimeOffset[input.Length];
// Start with the assumption that DST is active, as ambiguities occur when moving
// out of daylight time into standard time.
bool dst = true;
// Iterate through the input.
for (int i = 0; i < input.Length; i++)
{
// Parse the input string as a DateTime with Unspecified kind
DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(input[i], "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss",
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
// Determine the offset.
TimeSpan offset;
if (tz.IsAmbiguousTime(dt))
{
// Get the possible offsets, and use the DST flag and the previous entry
// to determine if we are past the transition point. This only works
// because we have outside knowledge that the items are in sequence.
TimeSpan[] offsets = tz.GetAmbiguousTimeOffsets(dt);
offset = dst && (i == 0 || dt >= output[i - 1].DateTime)
? offsets[1] : offsets[0];
}
else
{
// The value is unambiguous, so just get the single offset it can be.
offset = tz.GetUtcOffset(dt);
}
// Use the determined values to construct a DateTimeOffset
DateTimeOffset dto = new DateTimeOffset(dt, offset);
// We can unambiguously check a DateTimeOffset for daylight saving time,
// which sets up the DST flag for the next iteration.
dst = tz.IsDaylightSavingTime(dto);
// Save the DateTimeOffset to the output array.
output[i] = dto;
}
// Show the output for debugging
foreach (var dto in output)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss zzzz} => {1:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} UTC",
dto, dto.UtcDateTime);
}
Output:
2013-11-03 00:45:00 -04:00 => 2013-11-03 04:45:00 UTC
2013-11-03 01:00:00 -04:00 => 2013-11-03 05:00:00 UTC
2013-11-03 01:15:00 -04:00 => 2013-11-03 05:15:00 UTC
2013-11-03 01:30:00 -04:00 => 2013-11-03 05:30:00 UTC
2013-11-03 01:45:00 -04:00 => 2013-11-03 05:45:00 UTC
2013-11-03 01:00:00 -05:00 => 2013-11-03 06:00:00 UTC
2013-11-03 01:15:00 -05:00 => 2013-11-03 06:15:00 UTC
2013-11-03 01:30:00 -05:00 => 2013-11-03 06:30:00 UTC
2013-11-03 01:45:00 -05:00 => 2013-11-03 06:45:00 UTC
2013-11-03 02:00:00 -05:00 => 2013-11-03 07:00:00 UTC
Note that this assumes that the first time you encounter an ambiguous time like 1:00 that it will be in DST. Say your list was truncated to just the last 5 entries – you wouldn’t know that those were in standard time. There’s not much you could do in that particular case.